Safety barrier for roadways



Patented May 20,1930 I V 1,759,794

p UNITED STATES PATENT orifice WILLIAM manana. or snaarvraiiniwasr vinerms.' sanary Banania non Anonnwau's` Appiioation mee February 29,1925'. seiiai ire-atmete.

My invention relates to safety barriers for of identical construction and a detail descriproadways and more particularly to devices to tion Aof one will suce for an understanding be placed alcn dangerous curves or embankof the invention. f ments along a i hway. Y As particularly illustrated in Figure 4, this 6 An object of t e invention is to provide `a clam comprises a pair of complementary op-y 55 sai'ety barrier which in the event of bein hit pose ilates or sections 16, each of which is by a motor vehicle' will eliminate or re uce forme with a right angularly extending theshock to the motor vehicle to a minimum. iiange 17 at its inner edge which abuts the Further the invention provides a highwayv front face of the vertical standard and is 10 safety device which constitutes a shockabf' connected thereto by a plurality of suitable o0 sorber for the posts to which it is attached as fastenings such as bolts 18 passing transversewell as the motor vehicle running against the ly througlithe standard. A. wing 19 projects same. i y at right an les from one of the vertical edges With the preceding and other objects and -ofeach oft e flanges 17. These wings-19 are ilgjadvantages in mind, the inventioniconssts disposed at the op osite ends'of the clamp and 65 ffvlnpghqjgga nqbination of elements', Acciienga e, opposite aces of the standard, and "structions afi-rangement offlp'arts to be are aso securedto the latter by bolts 20 passereiafte 'idal refrvre`dt,"iclaimed 4vingtraneversely therethrough at right angles and (illustratei .inthe accompanyingrdrawtothe bolts 18. To lend ri idity to the plates 2 in s,wher`ein:ff ffm; .l v or sections they are .presse outwardly to pro- 70 igure 1, isa plan view of a roadway with vide semi-circular in cross-section braces 21 my im roved 'safety barrier arrange upon which extend from a point adjacent the outer cach si ethereof; end of the plates to a point adjacent the up- Figure-Zis an enlarged-vertical sectional per ends of the flanges. These braces extendv 25 viewof the invention; y ,i substantially the entire length of the plates 75 Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary secand at their forward ends merge' into raised tiona detail view illustrating the resilient reinforcing ribs 22, the latter lending rigidity connection between one of the cables and supa tothe outer ends of the plates where they are porting post; and sub ected to the most strain. 3 igure 4 is a perspective of one of the posts f ransversely curved o posed jaws 23 are B0 and cable retaining bracket embodied in the' ormed on the outer edge o each ofthe plates invention. and are adapted to receive one of the cables Referring to the invention in detail a plu- 15 therebetween to hold the latter a ainst rality of vertically disposed longitudinally late ral movement but permitted to slide engialined posts or standards 5 are arranged along tudinally therein. Removable fastenin s 24 35 the edge of the highway to which safety cables ,pass transversely througlh the opposed p etes 10 are connected. These cables 10 are slidably to secure the same toget er. connectedwith the standards 5 along their To prevent the accumulation of moisture length while their terminals are connected to between the coactiigdplates a water drain o uprights 11 arranged adjacent the endmost openin 25 is provi e in the pressed brace 9 post 5 in advance thereof, byineans of spring 21 in t e lower plate or section. tension devices 12.` To connect the spring ten- It will be observed that the cables are sul sion devices witth the upri I hts 11, an eye bolt ported in advance o f the standards so that in 13 carried vby each spring dzevice passes transthe event thev are engaged by'a motor vehicle 5 versely through one of the uprights 11 and the latter will not be amaged by contact with 95 receives a nut 14. f the standards. Furthermore, due to. the For vthe ur ose of slidably connecting the sprin devices 12 the cables will be permitted cables wit t e standards 5, horizontally to yie d as a result of contact of a motor vealined brackets or clamps 15 are carried by hicle witlifthe cables and thereby absorb the 5 the standards. These brackets crclamps are shock incident to the 99pm@ 30 What is claimed is In a device of the character described, a i pair of suplerimposed plates, oppositely extending rig t angular anges projecting from the rear ends of the plates, clamping jaws carried by the opposite ends ofthe plates, a longitudinally extending reinforcing bulge. formed in each of the plates and extending to the attaching anges, detachable fastenings connecting the two plates together, and a rearwardly projecting attaching wing carried by each of the flanges, the attaching Wingsbeing disposed at opposite ends of the attaching anges.

' 15 Slgned at Selbyville,v in the cdunty of Upshur, and State'of West Virginia,.this tweny tieth day of February, A. D. one thousand i nine hundred and twenty-eight.

' WILLIAM MGDADE. 

